A copy of this work was available on the public web and has been preserved in the Wayback Machine. The capture dates from 2018; you can also visit the original URL.
The file type is application/pdf
.
Opinion-DELVING DEEPER: QUESTIONING THE DECLINE OF LONG-TONGUED BUMBLE BEES, LONG-TUBED FLOWERS AND THEIR MUTUALISMS WITH CLIMATE CHANGE
2016
Journal of Pollination Ecology
unpublished
Miller-Struttmann et al. (2015) suggest that, in a North American alpine ecosystem, reduced flower abundance due to climate change has driven the evolution of shorter tongues in two bumble bee species. We accept the evidence that tongue length has decreased, but are unconvinced by the adaptive explanation offered. It posits foraging responses and competitive relationships not seen in other studies and interprets phenotypic change as evidence of evolutionary adaptation. By oversimplifying a
fatcat:aawo7lvhcvbenkdnlwybanl4am